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St_Francis_P		2013-02-11 02:21:17 PM

Hey, the coverup is worse than the crime; and it has to be a pretty big crime, otherwise why would they still be covering it up?

Diogenes		2013-02-11 02:27:26 PM

Most inept, ineffective, hapless, evil, genius mastermind ever.

MaudlinMutantMollusk		2013-02-11 02:35:36 PM

This idiotic sh*t is really beginning to annoy me

/punch a Fox News viewer today

Blues_X		2013-02-11 02:44:48 PM

That poor chicken...

vygramul		2013-02-11 02:56:07 PM

Nadie_AZ		2013-02-11 02:56:43 PM

Where is Ken Star when they need him? Where is the GOP's hero?

justtray		2013-02-11 03:02:41 PM

16.5/10

cannotsuggestaname		2013-02-11 03:03:00 PM

MaudlinMutantMollusk: This idiotic sh*t is really beginning to annoy me

/punch a Fox News viewer today

yeah, I am just about fed up with this nonsense.

/votes for a national holiday "Punch a Fox News Viewer Day"

mrshowrules		2013-02-11 03:03:11 PM

I see how it is important to have Fox News keep us infromed. I was under the impression that there were security threats and protests in 20 other countries that day with diplomats being killed in other capitals. Clearly only Libya had anything going on that day based on the article so I was misinfromed by the gotcha-media.

Godscrack		2013-02-11 03:15:50 PM

The Christians on Facebook know the real truth.

SkinnyHead		2013-02-11 03:17:37 PM

So when that 3AM phone call came in, nobody answered. Well that comes as no surprise.

Duke Phillips' Singing Bears		2013-02-11 03:22:31 PM

What in the holy blue f*ck is the GOAL here? What do you WANT? Tell me what you need us to tell you? What will make you happy?

clambam		2013-02-11 03:24:38 PM

Duke Phillips' Singing Bears: What in the holy blue f*ck is the GOAL here? What do you WANT? Tell me what you need us to tell you? What will make you happy?

They want Obama to resign. Then they want Biden to resign. That would make Boehner president and the country could start to heal.

CPennypacker		2013-02-11 03:25:19 PM

I think all of this top-down derpitude is a massive conspiracy by NewsCorp and conservative media to get more democrats in power so that they can continue to make piles of money

Either that or they are dumber than a box of hair

One of those things.

rtaylor92		2013-02-11 03:25:33 PM

Duke Phillips' Singing Bears: What in the holy blue f*ck is the GOAL here? What do you WANT? Tell me what you need us to tell you? What will make you happy?

Obama to finally own up to the fact that he personally pulled the trigger on that RPG

randomjsa		2013-02-11 03:26:10 PM

Being completely disengaged while a disaster was happening then being so concerned about it that you run off to a fund raiser the next day... Then lie about it for two weeks after the fact...

Yeah no reason to ask questions here.

St_Francis_P		2013-02-11 03:26:18 PM

CPennypacker: I think all of this top-down derpitude is a massive conspiracy by NewsCorp and conservative media to get more democrats in power so that they can continue to make piles of money

Either that or they are dumber than a box of hair

One of those things.

Can't it be both?

Mrtraveler01		2013-02-11 03:26:51 PM

randomjsa: Then lie about it for two weeks after the fact...

The CIA had absolutely NO role in this at all!

And anything to suggest otherwise is "trolling".

homelessdude		2013-02-11 03:27:00 PM

This Article: "Now we know -- President Obama was MIA on Benghazi"

This Thread: "Now we know -- Fox is really scraping the bottom of the Benghazi shiat barrel"

InmanRoshi		2013-02-11 03:28:49 PM

Duke Phillips' Singing Bears: What in the holy blue f*ck is the GOAL here? What do you WANT? Tell me what you need us to tell you? What will make you happy?

As with all extortion, there is no higher principle than $$$$. Hagel is going to slash the military budget. They was a SOD who will hand the military a blank check of taxpayer money, that will "trickle down" to their defense contractor lobbyists which will "trickle down" to some all inclusive resort getaways and PAC funding for politicians who play ball.

StopLurkListen		2013-02-11 03:28:51 PM

clambam: Duke Phillips' Singing Bears: What in the holy blue f*ck is the GOAL here? What do you WANT? Tell me what you need us to tell you? What will make you happy?

They want Obama to resign. Then they want Biden to resign. That would make Boehner president and the country could start to heal.

After the VP, the President Pro-tem of the Senate succeeds - currently Senator Pat Leahy.

Saiga410		2013-02-11 03:29:54 PM

Duke Phillips' Singing Bears: What in the holy blue f*ck is the GOAL here? What do you WANT? Tell me what you need us to tell you? What will make you happy?

I tried that with the wife the last time I got in trouble... that made it double.

birchman		2013-02-11 03:30:25 PM

Duke Phillips' Singing Bears: What in the holy blue f*ck is the GOAL here? What do you WANT? Tell me what you need us to tell you? What will make you happy?

Nothing will ever make them happy.

justtray		2013-02-11 03:30:28 PM

Meanwhile, in Derpistan..

Imagine the questions that would have come: What did Obama do through the long, bloody night? Whom did he talk to? When did he learn that Stevens was dead?

The president's only instructions, Panetta said, were, "Do whatever you need to do," though he left the details "up to us."

It would be nice to know what Obama did during the nearly 11 hours from the start of the first attack until that plane left Libya, but in truth, we know enough to understand the meaning. His detachment during a terrorist attack was a shameful dereliction of duty.

Had he been a military officer, he would face charges. If he were George Bush, he would face ridicule and condemnation, at the least.

StopLurkListen		2013-02-11 03:31:01 PM

StopLurkListen: clambam: Duke Phillips' Singing Bears: What in the holy blue f*ck is the GOAL here? What do you WANT? Tell me what you need us to tell you? What will make you happy?

They want Obama to resign. Then they want Biden to resign. That would make Boehner president and the country could start to heal.

After the VP, the President Pro-tem of the Senate succeeds - currently Senator Pat Leahy.

Hah! You're right. I blame Obama for my error. Impeach him!

EyeballKid		2013-02-11 03:31:18 PM

SkinnyHead: So when that 3AM phone call came in, nobody answered. Well that comes as no surprise.

Actually, the person who would have made that phone call was laid off a few months prior. Turns out the House wanted to cut some spending to put a slight dent in the deficit so as to look like they were making a difference, and they cut some money from the State Department's budget, resulting in some job losses. Don't worry, though, it was just some dumb security jobs that embassies don't even need, right? Good job on that deficit reduction! And all the jobs!

Cargo		2013-02-11 03:31:41 PM

rtaylor92: Duke Phillips' Singing Bears: What in the holy blue f*ck is the GOAL here? What do you WANT? Tell me what you need us to tell you? What will make you happy?

Obama to finally own up to the fact that he personally ~~pulled the trigger on that RPG~~ is black.

/or a Democrat

DeaH		2013-02-11 03:31:43 PM

Duke Phillips' Singing Bears: What in the holy blue f*ck is the GOAL here? What do you WANT? Tell me what you need us to tell you? What will make you happy?

A Benghazi Certificate - and none of your forged ones, either.

lilbjorn		2013-02-11 03:32:24 PM

St_Francis_P: Hey, the coverup is worse than the crime; and it has to be a pretty big crime, otherwise why would they still be covering it up?

Because it's UTTERLY FARKING STUPID to go around broadcasting details of how the State Department, CIA, and military respond to terrorist situations.

born_yesterday		2013-02-11 03:34:20 PM

Duke Phillips' Singing Bears: What in the holy blue f*ck is the GOAL here? What do you WANT? Tell me what you need us to tell you? What will make you happy?

I don't even think they know anymore.

Faddy		2013-02-11 03:34:32 PM

So the scandal is that they couldn't accurately put events together in the immediate aftermath. If only they had an embassy with staff on the ground who could fill in the gaps. Oh wait.

eraser8		2013-02-11 03:34:36 PM

randomjsa: Being completely disengaged while a disaster was happening then being so concerned about it that you run off to a fund raiser the next day... Then lie about it for two weeks after the fact...

What possible benefit could the White House derive from "lying" about this thing for two weeks?

If it was a coverup, why did the correction come from the administration instead of from some whistle-blower or investigative reporter? And, if was a coverup, why didn't the administration keep the matter covered up beyond an important milestone, like, say, the presidential election?

The right wingnut conspiracy theories about this issue make no more sense than the birther conspiracies...and, maybe that's the problem: birthers and Benghazi-ers are pretty stupid people, generally speaking.

Antimatter		2013-02-11 03:35:00 PM

justtray: Meanwhile, in Derpistan..

Imagine the questions that would have come: What did Obama do through the long, bloody night? Whom did he talk to? When did he learn that Stevens was dead?

The president's only instructions, Panetta said, were, "Do whatever you need to do," though he left the details "up to us."

It would be nice to know what Obama did during the nearly 11 hours from the start of the first attack until that plane left Libya, but in truth, we know enough to understand the meaning. His detachment during a terrorist attack was a shameful dereliction of duty.

Had he been a military officer, he would face charges. If he were George Bush, he would face ridicule and condemnation, at the least.

He's not a general, operational planning is not the presidents job.

His job is to say yes or no, when a plan is laid before him. That's it. Everything else is left to people who plan stuff like this for a living.

Rwa2play		2013-02-11 03:36:31 PM

randomjsa: Being completely disengaged while a disaster was happening then being so concerned about it that you run off to a fund raiser the next day... Then lie about it for two weeks after the fact...

Yeah no reason to ask questions here.

3/10. C'mon man, troll a little harder wouldya?

Satanic_Hamster		2013-02-11 03:37:43 PM

Remember; these people wouldn't be happy about ANY outcome. If Obama micromanaged the situation they would hate him for it. If he was hands off and let the chain of command handle it they would hate him for it.

DeaH		2013-02-11 03:37:50 PM

StopLurkListen: clambam: Duke Phillips' Singing Bears: What in the holy blue f*ck is the GOAL here? What do you WANT? Tell me what you need us to tell you? What will make you happy?

They want Obama to resign. Then they want Biden to resign. That would make Boehner president and the country could start to heal.

After the VP, the President Pro-tem of the Senate succeeds - currently Senator Pat Leahy.

Nope. the House is first. Then the Senate Pro-tem. That is one of the reason Nancy Pelosi was supposed to fly on Air Force Two when she was speaker. Boehner flies commercial, and I bet the Secret Service isn't very happy about that.

Duke Phillips' Singing Bears		2013-02-11 03:38:45 PM

born_yesterday: Duke Phillips' Singing Bears: What in the holy blue f*ck is the GOAL here? What do you WANT? Tell me what you need us to tell you? What will make you happy?

I don't even think they know anymore.

It's like a dog that caught its tail months ago and has finally chewed its way into its own asshole. They're neck-deep in their own sh*t, their ass hurts, and they can't remember why they were so pissed about the tail to begin with.

abrannan		2013-02-11 03:41:15 PM

Mikey1969		2013-02-11 03:41:23 PM

An honest chronology would have revealed the president's shocking behavior during the most successful attack against Americans by foreigners since 9/11.

Well, except for the ENTIRE Iraq war and the ENTIRE Afghanistan war, sure those 4 deaths are a lot...

coeyagi		2013-02-11 03:41:24 PM

heavymetal		2013-02-11 03:42:09 PM

Duke Phillips' Singing Bears: What in the holy blue f*ck is the GOAL here? What do you WANT? Tell me what you need us to tell you? What will make you happy?

It is like when the police need to convict someone for a crime but have no suspect, so they detain an innocent person and interrogate them until they confess.It is like either the Republicans hopes that happens, or they can catch Obama lying about a blowjob during the interrogation.

Headso		2013-02-11 03:42:10 PM

The good part about Benghazi is if you hear someone talking about it like it's a conspiracy you know they are a farking moran of the highest order and you can ignore everything they say.

Marcus Aurelius		2013-02-11 03:42:24 PM

eraser8		2013-02-11 03:42:53 PM

DeaH: That is one of the reason Nancy Pelosi was supposed to fly on Air Force Two when she was speaker.

The only way a House speaker can fly on Air Force Two is if he or she is flying with the vice president.

Air Force Two is not a specific aircraft; it's a call sign.

For your further enlightenment, he's Snopes' take on the Speaker's transportation: Jet Set

incendi		2013-02-11 03:43:07 PM

DeaH: Boehner flies commercial, and I bet the Secret Service isn't very happy about that.

Probably depends whether they've met the guy or not.

Jackson Herring		2013-02-11 03:43:40 PM

HotWingConspiracy		2013-02-11 03:44:12 PM

President Obama killed bin Laden. That's what this is all about.

halfof33		2013-02-11 03:44:37 PM

lilbjorn: Because it's UTTERLY FARKING STUPID to go around broadcasting details of how the State Department, CIA, and military respond to terrorist situations.

I think you meant: didn't respond.

And what is particularly interesting is the key lie (that the attack spontaneously arose out of an anti-video protest) had nothing to do with "responding to terrorist situations." But Obama was busy, so any old lie in a crisis, a re-election crisis.

\m/

dookdookdook		2013-02-11 03:45:07 PM

FTA:According to Panetta, President Obama checked in with his military team early on during the attack, then checked out for the rest of the night.

In the interest of presenting the liberal (i.e. true) side of this:

(tldr, "You didn't build that" all over again)

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/02/07/conservative-media-selectivel y -crop-panettas-co/192580

Conservative media are pushing selectively cropped footage of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and General Martin Dempsey as evidence that President Obama was "AWOL" the night of the Benghazi attack. In reality, Panetta and Dempsey emphasized that Obama's involvement was appropriate and that the White House was kept "well-informed" throughout the night.

...

Both The Weekly Standard and Fox News' video cuts off just as Army General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who was also testifying, corrected Ayotte as to the White House's focus the night of the Benghazi attack. Gen. Dempsey attested to the fact that although Obama did not personally follow up with him, Obama's staff was engaged "pretty constantly through the period, which is the way it would normally work."

...

Panetta also testified to the fact that Obama was in contact with military officials and was "well-informed" during the attack on our consulate, another part of the testimony that was ignored by conservative media. Special Report aired a portion of Sen. Lindsey Graham's questioning, but cut off Panetta's defense of Obama.

udhq		2013-02-11 03:45:55 PM

Know why Obama is not being asked any questions about the drone war?

Because you assholes derped it up over Benghazi, birth certificates, and all manner of meaningless non-issues. You went to the well 1 too many times, and in doing so you just created a public image of Obama as a "teflon" president who can do no wrong.

I hope you're happy.

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